The UK’s
much loved soap opera, Coronation
Street, often tackles important issues in its
plotlines, and we were glad to see it tackle the problem of kettles and
scalding accidents last week. It’s
something we’ve spent the last 25 years tackling ourselves.
Boiling water needs treating with respect, so it’s no
surprise that the first thing that a lot of people ask us is whether it’s
really safe to have a tap which dispenses 100ยบC boiling water in a kitchen.
What is sometimes a surprise to them is the realisation that it’s
actually much safer having a Quooker tap than a kettle in the kitchen.
Hopefully, seeing Tyrone scald himself seriously with a
kettle, putting his hand out of action for some time – not a good thing when
you’re a mechanic – will make more people think seriously about how safe their
kitchen is. In case you’re among them,
here are a few facts to consider.
According to The Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents (RoSPA), around 7,000 people visit A&E Departments every year due
to kettle-related accidents.
In 25 years, Quooker has never received one single complaint
about scalding from a Quooker boiling water tap. That’s despite there being 250,000 Quookers
currently in use – the equivalent of over a million years of regular use.
RoSPA recommends placing the kettle towards the back of the
worktop where it will be out of reach for a small child.
The Quooker tap is installed at the back of the worktop over
the sink and cannot be pulled towards the front of the worktop.
A kettle, once boiled, contains an average of between 1.1
and 1.7 litres of boiling water. If this
is tipped over a person, particularly a young child, it can do serious,
extensive and sometimes, sadly, permanent harm.
The Quooker tap dispenses boiling water in a steady flow in
a spray format. The aerated form allows
you to pass a hand through the flow without scalding yourself. Naturally, you wouldn’t want to keep your
hand in the flow of boiling water, but you wouldn’t – you’d snatch your hand
away as soon as you felt the heat. What
makes a huge and critical difference is that by comparison you may get a few
drops of boiling water on your skin or clothing – you won’t be soaked by over a
litre of it.
Even so, we don’t think you should take any risks with
boiling water, which is why we added the additional feature of a twist and turn
mechanism to turn the tap on in order to dispense the water. We also made sure that our tap can be raised
and lowered to suit the vessel you’re filling.
You can also rotate the tap with ease so that you can fill a pan placed
firmly on the worktop next to the sink, rather than holding it at any awkward
angles over the sink.
We love being able to use boiling water on demand in the
kitchen – it helps with cooking, cleaning and getting hot drinks in busy
offices or homes. BUT – we never forget
that safety is important. After 25 years,
250,000 Quookers and many millions of hours of their combined use, no-one has ever
told us that they’ve had an accident related to a Quooker.
That’s why playing safe in the kitchen should mean
installing a Quooker.
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